Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY), which rose 1.89% or 0.42 points to trade at 22.68 at the close. Iberdrola (BME:IBE) added 1.42% or 0.19 points to end at 13.57 and Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) was up 1.25% or 0.07 points to 5.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE), which lost 4.05% or 0.86 points to trade at 20.38 in late trade. Acciona (BME:ANA) declined 3.18% or 4.10 points to end at 125.00 and SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) shed 2.99% or 0.36 points to 11.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 50 and 30 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.25% or 32.75 to $2,647.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $71.05 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.33 to trade at $74.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 100.41.